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Mamdani’s strategically claimed blackness
When Zohran Mamdani applied to Columbia University in 2009, he checked both the “Asian” and “Black or African American” boxes…
Trump gets his Big Beautiful Bill over the line
Forget Elon Musk. House Speaker Mike Johnson is President Trump’s new partner, delivering the victory that he needed to ensure…
So much is still unanswered about NHS reform
Given we have known for a good while that Labour thinks the way to save the health service is to…
Diogo Jota’s death is unspeakably tragic
Diogo Jota’s death at the age of 28 is unbearably tragic and has prompted an outpouring of grief in the…
Do the markets care if Rachel Reeves stays or goes?
When the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gave his full backing to his Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the brief panic in…
Labour’s 10-year NHS plan is full of promise – and hurdles
Labour’s decision to launch its 10-year health plan at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann centre in Stratford this morning made sense…
Jaguar is heading for oblivion
The headlines wrote themselves. ‘Go woke, go broke!’ said the Daily Mail, and ‘Sales Plummet’, said the Sun. Only a…
Trump scrambles to close the deal
In the early hours of this morning, Donald Trump must have been thinking that, compared to passing legislation through Congress,…
Farage claims the mantle of Thatcher’s revolution
After a day of drama in Westminster, an intriguing party was hosted in the City. The Prosperity Institute, formerly Legatum,…
Chet Sharma: chef, DJ, PhD
Chet Sharma – physicist, DJ and award-winning chef – only needs to sleep for four hours a night. “I inherited…
Rachel Reeves, Winston Churchill and a short history of crying in politics
The scenes of a tearful Rachel Reeves are all anyone is likely to remember from yesterday’s Prime Minister’s Questions. The…
Is it time to put Margaret Thatcher on our banknotes?
The Bank of England wants to rethink banknotes and has announced a public consultation in order to generate suggestions about…
Inflation could not end sooner for Javier Milei
In Wild Tales, one of the most famous Argentine films of recent years, the character played by the actor Ricardo Darin…
Is there hope for California, after all?
California is catching the deregulation bug. The state legislature has apparently realized that people need houses too, and sometimes the…
The right is splintering
When Elon Musk tweeted his vision for an ‘America Party’, he ignited a firestorm of hope and scepticism. The idea…
At PMQs we saw Keir Starmer’s ugly side
‘When a Knight won his spurs in the stories of old, he was gentle and brave, he was gallant and…
Is Britain’s Rachel Reeves the new Hillary Clinton?
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, 46, shed a single tear from the front row of the government benches…
No, British trans people aren’t at risk of ‘genocide’
The Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman on 16 April restored a degree of sanity to a…
Starmer throws his Chancellor under the bus
Keir Starmer was utterly brutal at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, though towards his own Chancellor, rather than the opposition. He…
Taxpayer to fund legal bills of ex-SNP chief
Just when the SNP thought Operation Branchform had disappeared, the curious case into the party’s funds and finances has reared…
Watch: Reeves in tears after Labour’s welfare U-turn
All is not well on the Labour front benches. As Sir Keir Starmer defends his welfare U-turn in the Commons…
Labour MPs should thank – not blame – Reeves for trying to cut welfare
Labour MPs blaming Rachel Reeves over welfare cuts are like teenagers blaming their mum for telling them to wear a…
The war in Gaza is far from over
After nearly 21 months of bitter fighting in Gaza, reports suggest Israel and Hamas may be edging closer to a 60-day ceasefire deal – or…
Labour has tied itself in knots over welfare reform
The problem with having principles is that they’re very expensive. This is proving an enormous headache for Starmer’s government, which is…
Watch: McFadden refuses to rule out tax rises after welfare U-turn
Uh oh. After Sir Keir Starmer’s embarrassing U-turn on his government’s welfare bill last night – where changes to Personal…
